Union undergarment



April 10, 1928. 1,665,505

J. A. MoRToN UNION UNDERGARMENT Filed4 July 25. 1927 l I l siren srarrs PATENTOF'VFICE. i

JSEPH A. NORTON, OF BROOiLfYftT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN G-BBS, 0F

' ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNION UNDERGARMENT.

Application filed July 23,

This invention relates to union undergarmentf-yA particularly those intended to be Worn by incn, and :in improvement on the union underger-ment set :Forth and claimed in "the patent to lienjainn Gibbs, :il-1,08 ",338, dated Felnuary -l, 10M.

ln the union mnlergarment of: the aforesaid patent, the seat l'laps e Yend all the Way up to the seam connecting the body of the garment to the split elastic belt and they are also connected io the split belt.

When the Gibbs undergarnient is made of knitted materiai,the construction of Patent 1,083,338 very satisfactorily serves its intended purpose but when the garment is of woven material, :tor instance, naineook, it has been Aiounifl that there is a tendency for the garment to become imcoinfortable in the crotch because the seat i'laps are, in that instance, iin-llaf-:tically euliported.

The object o t the present invention is to provide improvements, particularly adapting` the umlergarinent of patent 1,088,388 to be made up ot Woven material, for instance, nain-look, in so Afar asY the body, legs, and seat flaps are concerned, provision being malle to clastically support the flaps in a. novel manner by overlapping the ends 'of the split belt thereby to increase the size ot' the seatopening, and reinforcing that part of the split elastic belt Which directly supports the seat flaps, but Without causing any tendency toward discomfort at the crotch o'l" the garment. My present improvements retain the l'eature of the fundamental elesticsplitbelt which characterizes the construction ot the aforesaid patent, and the advantages ot the patented construction but eli minare discern-tort in the crotch of the garment when it is iliade ot Woven material. This improved result is due to the elastic support oli the seat flaps. I also provide an iniin-oved snubbing flap-supporting device which allowsl adequate streteh7 as between the tiaps and the bod y of the garment and yet prevents distortion of the split belt, particularly where its ends overlap, or sagging ot' either the legs or the flaps or the crotch part of the garn'ient.

lily object is accomplished by connecting the upper end part oli the underseatflap to one end part ot the elastic split belt also, hy connecting the upper end part of' the outer seat flap to the other end part of the split belt, overlapping the splitf ends ol" 1927. serial No. 207,856.

the elastic' belt at the rear of the garment and continuing thelast named upper end part oi' the out r flap in the form of a. snubber of elastic knitted,material having its wales extending in a general up and down direction, that is, cross Wise in relation to the elastic belt, and.l connecting said snubher to the body oi' the garment.

lhe snubber has a certain degree of looseness, enablingy it to stretch in the direction ot', its length tliat`is,in a general up and down direction so that it will elastically Support the seat iiap and ivill also prevent undue stretching or sagging of the split elastic belt, particularly where the split7 ends ot' said belt overlap. The overlappedends of the split elastic belt mutually reinforce each other and, while affording adequatestretch,

prevent undue sagging. It, however, undue strain is put up-on them, the snubber Willprevent them from becoming unduly stretched and losing their elasticity.

lk am aware that modifications may be resortedto in carrying out the. present. improvements audit is not intended to limit the` invention to the details of the present disclosure as the objects of the invention may be attained if the construction is modified in some particulars.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 isa frontI view of the undergarment, opened out, and with the under iiap folded back to better show the split.- belt and the upper ends of the flaps;

Figure 2' isa rear View of the undergar-` ment and i Y l Figure 3 `is a detail perspective View show.-` ing the improved split-belt and snubber con-y structionat theiback oitl the 'undergarn'ienh The body l aud the legs 2 aud', as also the under seat flap 4L and the outer seat flap 5 are ot Woven material, 'for instance, nainsook.

i The arrangement of the liaps 4t and 5 in respect to their overlying position, is the same as set forth in the Gibbs Patent illnesses.

The split elastic belt, preferably made of knitted elastic material having its Wales running cross wise ot' the garment, is composed ot the parts 6 and 7. This split belt While fundamentally ot the same construction as set forth and claimed in the Gibbs Patent #1,088,338, having it ends disconnected at the rear of the garment as clearly shown in iii Figure 3, has its split endsv arranged in an improved manner, as more particularly shown in 5said ligure. The ends ol: the parts 6 and 7 overlap each other, thereby inutually reinforcing eachother at the central 4part Y of the back ofthe belt, thus minimizing any stretchable snubber l2 oon-aprisingapiece i tendency to become unduly stretched under stra-in. f

`The respective seat flaps e, 5 are connected by-seains 8 to thevlegs 2, 3 and tl'iegarinent has a, Crotch. 9, as usual. y

lAny suitable fasteningineans, such asa button and button hole 10 rn'ay be provided .toffasten the seat flaps 4. and 5 shown in FigureQ.

'The `und-er `seat flap thas. its upper end connected to the split belt section as shown at 11v but it may. continue fartherup' on the belt section 6 than as illustrated 'in Figure 3. f The upper end part of the outer seat- Hap 5 is continued in the toi-inet an elastic,

of knittedinaterial 'Wiose rWales run in a general up anddown direction, that is, in

' the direction ot theV length ot thetlaps t and, and crossvvise ot the split belt. The

snubberlQ is stitchedlat 13 to the upper end part of theseat flap 5being thereby con# nected to the. endA part oit the splitbelt sec.- tion 7 The snubber `l2 is also stitched at 14 to the body l but may be also stitched to the belt section-7. VThis arrangement of thesnubber, locates it in overlying relationship.- tothe overlappedy ends ofthe sections f' 6` and/ ot' the split belt tortl1epurpose ot' preventing saidoverlapped ends from becoming undulystretched if subjected4 to undue strain. The snubber yl2 is kpreferably of greater length. than' the normal Widthof the split belt 6, `7 so that fthesplit belt may stretch 'or Widen in a crossWise.directionmto a sugiticient extent to render the garment entirely comfortable at all tunes but this snubber-limits the up and down stretching oit they split belt so that it cannot undulystretc'h or assume a permanent sag from undue stretchimprovements renable ,the split belt together as lbelt* overlap.

to be used in connection With relatively inelastic, body, legs and seat flaps such as those of nainsoolnka. material, which at the present y Itiine, vis greatly preferred tov knitted inaterial in niens union undergarinents, inasmuch as these improvements enable the wearer to `assume dilerent postures withoutexperiencing any uncointortable drawingd vaction on thepart oit the garment, because the split elastic belt is employed and yet it ist prevented from sagging by reason otA the einployinentot the snubber l2. f What I claim isz' i Y l. A union undergarinenthaving an elastic belt which issplt at the baclr of the garinent and there providedV With elastic overlapping ends,l said belt connecting the body and legs ofthe undergarinent.

2. A union. undergarinent having an'elastic belt which is split at the back of the garnient and there provided withelastic overlapping ends, said belt vconnectiilg the body and legs of the undergarnient, and an velastic snubberv connecting' thebody and legs of the nndergarnrent Where the ends of elastic 3. it union Vundengarnaent comprising a body', legs, seat flaps, and anelasticibelt connected to `the body, the legs, andthe upper parts ofthe seat flaps, said belt havingelas.- tici orerlapping disconnected ends at the back of thegarinent `which extend the seatr opening upto the body. A l

@Shannon undergarinent rcomprising a bod1y,.legs,` seat `flaps, and an `elastic belt connected tothe body, the legs, and the upper` 'partsothe Seat-flaps, said belt having elasy ticy `overlapping disconnected ends at the," back of thegarment `which entend the seat,

opening up to the body, and an elastic snubber connecting the body. andlegs of the nndergarnientv Where the ends ofV the elastic belt overlap. l v

In testimony Whereot hereto rny signature.

Josera A. Moaron. 

